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Sputnik 1 (/ ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k, ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k /, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), sometimes referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program .
Oct. 4—66 years ago, on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world into the space race after sending the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit. Sputnik 1 weighed around 184 pounds and ...
Fifty-eight years ago today on October 4, 1957, Sputnik was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union.
It was a race between the United States and the Soviet Union which began with the Soviet Union's October 4, 1957, launch of Earth's first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 during the International Geophysical Year. [9] Weighing 83.6 kg (184.3 lb) and orbiting the Earth once every 98 minutes.
1 Soviet Union [c] Governmental Sputnik 1: Sputnik-PS: Baikonur, Soviet Union (today Kazakhstan) 4 October 1957 2 United States: Explorer 1: Juno I: Cape Canaveral, United States: 1 February 1958 3 France [e] Astérix: Diamant A: CIEES/Hammaguir, Algeria: 26 November 1965 4 Japan: Ohsumi: Lambda-4S: Uchinoura, Japan: 11 February 1970 5 China ...
The first orbital flight of an artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched in October 1957, by the Soviet Union.In November, the second orbital flight took place. The Soviet Union launched the first animal to orbit the Earth, a dog, Laika, who died in orbit a few hours after launch.
The R-1 rocket (NATO reporting name SS-1 Scunner, Soviet code name SA11, was a tactical ballistic missile, the first manufactured in the Soviet Union, and closely based on the German A-4. [46] Production was authorized by Josef Stalin in April 1947 with NII-88 chief designer Sergei Korolev overseeing the R-1's development.
The first launch took place on Friday, October 4, 1957, at exactly 10:28:34 pm Moscow time, with the R-7 and the now named Sputnik 1 satellite lifting off the launch pad and placing the artificial "moon" into an orbit a few minutes later. [72]